CBSA decision on AD duty orders on HR sheet and strip from various countries

On October 11, 2005, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) announced that its order made on August 17, 2001, concerning the dumping of certain flat hot-rolled carbon and alloy steel sheet and strip imported from Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Taiwan, India, Macedonia, South Africa, Ukraine, and Serbia and Montenegro, and the subsidizing of the same goods imported from India, would expire on August 16, 2006. Under the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), findings of injury or threat of injury and the associated special protection in the form of antidumping and countervailing duties expire five years from the date of the last order of finding, unless an expiry review has been initiated. Interested persons and governments requesting or opposing the initiation of an expiry review were requested to submit their petitions to the CITT. As a result of the petitions submitted, the CITT decided that an expiry review was warranted. Accordingly, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) conducted an investigation to determine whether the expiry of the finding in respect to the subject merchandise is likely to result in the continuation or resumption of dumping and subsidizing of the goods. As a result of this investigation, the CBSA determined that the expiry of the finding made by the CITT on August 17, 2001, concerning flat hot-rolled carbon and alloy steel sheet and strip imported from Brazil, China, Taiwan, India, South Africa, and Ukraine was likely to result in the continuation or resumption of dumping of the goods into Canada. Moreover, the CBSA determined that the expiry of the finding was likely to result in the continuation or resumption of subsidizing of certain flat hot-rolled carbon and alloy steel sheet and strip imported from India. On the other hand, the CBSA determined that the expiry of the finding was unlikely to result in the continuation or resumption of dumping of the goods into Canada of certain flat hot-rolled carbon and alloy steel sheet and strip imported from Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Serbia and Montenegro.